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portraits of Robert Lowell, James Baldwin, and Anne Sexton
The Arts
April 20, 2017 | 08:28 am

Literary lights

For more than 50 years, the Plutzik Reading Series has brought Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize-winning writers, and National Book Award winners to River Campus.

topics: literature, poetry, Rochester Review,
James Longenbach
The Arts
April 18, 2017 | 11:44 am

Reading poetry, with intensity and pleasure

Professor James Longenbach’s next books—Earthling  and Lyric Knowledge—will soon be released. This National Poetry Month, Longenbach reminds us, “the best poems ever written constitute our future.”

topics: Department of English, James Longenbach, poetry, School of Arts and Sciences,
man in coat and tails conducting an orchestra
The Arts
April 11, 2017 | 12:31 pm

David Harman: A legacy of teaching music

The longtime faculty member in the College’s music department—and champion for its programs—will retire as director of orchestral activities at the close of the spring semester.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Arts and Humanities, School of Arts and Sciences,
professor reading poetry in front of blackboard
The Arts
April 6, 2017 | 12:28 pm

Anthony Hecht: A poet’s life, in letters

Pultizer Prize–winning poet Anthony Hecht was on the Rochester faculty for nearly two decades, arriving in 1967. Alumnus Jonathan Post ’76 (PhD) published Hecht’s correspondence in a book that sheds new light on his poetry.

topics: Department of English, literature, poetry, Rochester Review, School of Arts and Sciences,
drum set features the logo for the band Yes
The Arts
April 6, 2017 | 10:35 am

Prog rockers belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Friday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will welcome one of the most musically diverse class ever. John Covach, director of the University’s Institute of Popular Music, walks us through this year’s inductees and—with the help of his guitar—the Yes hit Roundabout.

topics: Institute for Popular Music, John Covach,
book of William Shakespeare with smartphone peaking out behind it
The Arts
April 4, 2017 | 10:58 am

Poetry in the age of the tweet

Can poetry thrive in an age of instant communication? As April’s National Poetry Month begins, University’s poetry faculty and students have found that the answer is an emphatic “yes.” The pace of digital life has only quickened over the last ten years since Twitter was founded, but the slower process of reading and crafting poetry continues, robustly, at Rochester.

topics: Department of English, featured-post-side, James Longenbach, Jennifer Grotz, Kenneth Gross, literature, poetry, School of Arts and Sciences,
Donal Courtney on stage
The Arts
March 28, 2017 | 12:24 pm

Irish actor tells a story with God Has No Country

Rochester will host the U.S. premiere of God Has No Country, a one-man play written and performed by Donal Courtney. The drama tells the story of Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, who used his Vatican connections to harbor Jews, ultimately saving more than 6,500 lives.

topics: Department of History, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, Department of Religion and Classics, events, Humanities Project, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
The Arts
March 10, 2017 | 11:31 am

University jumps to No. 18 worldwide for performing arts

According to the 2017 QS World University Rankings released on March 8, eleven U.S. universities ranked in the top 25, with the University of Rochester No. 8 among them.

topics: Arthur Satz Department of Music, Department of English, Eastman School of Music, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, Program of Dance and Movement, rankings,
The Arts
March 9, 2017 | 04:45 pm

English professors are Bogliasco Fellows this spring

Poet James Longenbach and novelist Joanna Scott, both members of the English department, have received fellowships from the Bogliasco Foundation this spring, for notable achievement in the arts and humanities.

topics: awards, Department of English, fellowships, James Longenbach,